Making the Most of Andrew

In this article, Terry Gliedt completes our tour through the Andrew project with details on using and customizing AUIS applications.

Key Definitions

In AUIS applications, keystroke combinations are another
means to get a procedure called for an object. The same procedures
are available for keybinding as for menu items. To define a set of
keybindings, edit one of the initialization files described
previously and add lines like these:

The first line of the example says that when you are in a
srctextview inset (e.g., editing C-source), the procedure name
compile-build will be called when you press the keystrokes
<control>X followed by <control>E. (The
\eB in the fourth line means you should press
the escape key and then <shift>b.) You can see a dynamically
created list of all the keys that are bound to a procedure by
selecting the Describe Bound Keys item on the
Misc menu card. You can also query what
procedure will be called for any keystroke by selecting the
Describe Key item on the
Misc menu card.

Conclusion

AUIS is far more than just ez or
messages--and yet in many ways it is no more.
AUIS is built on a toolkit of objects which combine to provide a
set of tools which are consistent in their look and feel and which
can be extended or combined with new applications with remarkable
ease. In these four articles on AUIS I have not attempted to show
any of the underlying toolkit. The Andrew Consortium is dedicated
to extending and disseminating this technology. If you think your
organization could benefit, I'd encourage you to contact the
consortium and talk with us about what else has been done and
what's new.

Terry Gliedt
(tpg@mr.net)
left Big Blue last year after spending over twenty years with IBM. Although he has worked with Un*x and AUIS for over
six years, he is a relative newcomer to Linux. Terry does contract
programming, teaches classes in C/C++ and Unix and writes the
occasional technical document.

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